PSF's "The Color Purple" exuberant production filled with passionate performances
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of “The Color Purple” is an exuberant, buoyant show filled with passionate singing, exciting dancing and powerful performances.
The show runs through Aug. 4 at Main Stage Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley.
Jessica Johnson gives a transformative performance as Celie, a young woman whose life is marked by isolation and abuse. Johnson’s astute portrayal of Celie makes her heart breaking journey to self-awareness overwhelmingly empowering
The musical is based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation. The first act is painful to watch as Celie is horribly mistreated by the men in her life. Johnson embraces the physicality of Celie’s abuse, as she portrays the character as slumped and drawn inward. Her only joy is her relationship with her sister Nettie (a joyous Jessica Money) and even that that is taken away by her cruel husband Mister.
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